Michaelmas, Yom Kippur, plant garlic

Daily Newsletter for Friday, September 29, 2017

michaelmas daisies

Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the stooks arise
Around; up above, what wind-walks! what lovely behaviour
Of silk-sack clouds! has wilder, wilful-wavier
Meal-drift moulded ever and melted across skies?
–Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89)

 
Friday, September 29, 2017
272nd day of the year


Bryant Gumbel (broadcast journalist) was born on this day in 1948.
Tony Curtis (actor) died on this day in 2010.
 

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What's Happening in October?

The Month of October 2017: Holidays, Fun Facts, Folklore
Welcome to October! The time of pumpkins, Canadian Thanksgiving, and Halloween. Learn more—and enjoy our seasonal advice.
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Michaelmas

Quarter Days and Cross-Quarter Days
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The Cooling Effect of the Sun
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Garlic Planting Time

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